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| Concept | Key Fact | RPSC Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson's Essay | 1887 — "The Study of Administration" — founding document of PA | 2-mark definition Q |
| POSDCORB | Gulick 1937 — Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing, Co-ordinating, Reporting, Budgeting | Expand + criticise |
| Politics-Administration Dichotomy | Wilson/Goodnow — separated; rejected by Appleby 1945, Dahl 1947 | 5-mark evolution Q |
| Weber's Bureaucracy | Hierarchy, written rules, impersonality, merit selection | Classical phase |
| Hawthorne Experiments | Mayo 1927–32 — social factors drive productivity | Human relations phase |
| Barnard | Functions of the Executive (1938) — acceptance theory of authority | Human relations |
| Simon | Administrative Behavior 1947 — bounded rationality — "proverbs" critique | Behavioural phase |
| Minnowbrook Conference | 1968 — Waldo; Frederickson — NPA, social equity, values | NPA 5/10-mark Q |
| NPA Key Demand | Social equity + relevance + client-centrism | NPA vs PA Q |
| NPM | Hood 1991 — market mechanisms, privatisation, performance | NPM 10-mark Q |
| Osborne & Gaebler | Reinventing Government 1992 — steer not row | NPM popularisers |
| Good Governance | UNDP 1997 — 8 dimensions: participation, transparency, accountability, etc. | 10-mark Q |
| 2nd ARC | 2005–09 — Moily; 15 reports on governance | India/current affairs |
| NPS | Denhardts 2003 — Serving, Not Steering; 7 principles | NPS vs NPM Q |
| Jan Soochna Portal | Rajasthan — transparency in 100+ government schemes | Rajasthan example |